SULAGNA CHATTOPADHYAY AND DR. DEBAPRIYA DUTTA

FIRST REPORT Two Disappearing Lakes

I shut my eyes, there it was, it’s clear waters rippling around my ankles, as I idled away on the fisherman’s oblong boat. But alas, my twitching nose, detecting the veritable stink of decayed vegetation, broke my reverie and landed me on a muddy bank. Where was the water, I gasped, as I stared at the remnant limbs of one of the most beautiful lakes, Damdamma, upon the shores of whom, many years ago, I had found true love. Alarmed, upset and indignant I began my search – to prove this drastic decline with data, and shake everybody up to stop this unwarranted disappearing act.

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